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Indonesia's cash-for-photos scheme turns villagers into wildlife protectors

Published on Setembro 19, 2026 at 11:47

Indonesia's cash-for-photos scheme turns villagers into wildlife protectors — Satya ADHI / AFP

Indonesian villager Octavius wades through the forest in rubber boots and tattered joggers, ears pricked, eyes peeled, a telephoto lens on his phone primed to capture orangutans, monkeys or birds. The daily photo hunt earns Octavius and hundreds of others in Borneo cash as part of a conservation programme seeking to make animals worth more alive than dead.

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